With just a few weeks left before its theatrical opening, Tyler Perry has written to his fans about their concerns for his latest film, 'For Colored Girls.'

"There has been a lot of Internet chatter about me doing this film. I've heard everything from, 'I'm glad he's doing it!' to 'How dare he touch this!' Believe me, I know that this is sensitive material and I handled it that way. If you don't believe me see for yourself on November 5th."

Everyone from the press, his fans, and supporters of Ntozake Shange's play, which the film is based is on, are wondering if Perry can pull off the impossible.

"If you know anything about the book or play, 'For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf,' which is what my film is based on, then you know that it is one of the most powerful literary works of this century. But, if you know it, you are also thinking like I was, 'How can I make this into a movie?,'"stated the New Orleans native.

Perry, who made his fortune through his own plays, which featured his alter-ego Madea Simmons, is branching into new territory by working on a well-established material known to many in the theater community and considered as the holy grail in Black theater.

"After reading the play a thousand times and listening to these poems a million times, it hit me," he continued. "There was only one way to approach it. So what I did was, I put these characters in the situations around the poems, so that they could speak the dialogue of the book without it sounding like a poem. And I have to tell you, I wasn't sure that it could be done. But, after listening to Phylicia Rashad, Thandie Newton, Kerry Washington, Macy Gray, Kimberly Elise, Tessa Thompson, Whoopi Goldberg, Loretta Devine, Anika Noni Rose and Janet Jackson say these words it was awesomely seemless."

See the Prince symbol in the back of Tyler?

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i always though that title was to damn long ..

won't 10 times as many people go see it if Perry's name is attached to it?

I am so seeing this.

what is inda.arie doin on the cover?

Nvncible1 said:

what is inda.arie doin on the cover?

Nvncible1 said:

what is inda.arie doin on the cover?

She starred in the Broadway revival.

johnart said:

Nvncible1 said:

what is inda.arie doin on the cover?

She starred in the Broadway revival.

Oh, wow! I didn't know that. I thought the illustration simply had an uncanny resemblance to her.

johnart said:

I am so seeing this.

why are you tooting....?

PositivityNYC said:

johnart said:

I am so seeing this.

why are you tooting....?

meaning I don't care if there's a million folk doubting on it because of Tyler's involvment. I'm really looking forward to seeing it.

ahh..

People questioned Speilberg for doing Color Purple and it turned out pretty damn good. I think Perry will do alright.

DesireeNevermind said:

People questioned Speilberg for doing Color Purple and it turned out pretty damn good. I think Perry will do alright.

That is a very good point.

I'm not sure I'd put Tyler up there with Spielberg (and you know that's what folk are gonna say ), but as I always say, I take Tyler's movies for what they are and enjoy them (most) for nothing more.

From what I've seen of the previews, he seems to have stepped up his game given the material so I will give the benefit of doubt that all of a sudden Medea ain't gonna pop up in the background and shit.

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johnart said:

DesireeNevermind said:

People questioned Speilberg for doing Color Purple and it turned out pretty damn good. I think Perry will do alright.

That is a very good point.

I'm not sure I'd put Tyler up there with Spielberg (and you know that's what folk are gonna say ), but as I always say, I take Tyler's movies for what they are and enjoy them (most) for nothing more.

From what I've seen of the previews, he seems to have stepped up his game given the material so I will give the benefit of doubt that all of a sudden Medea ain't gonna pop up in the background and shit.

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I would die!!!!

Can someone explain the title? It makes no sense to me...

MidniteMagnet said:

Can someone explain the title? It makes no sense to me...

the full title is "FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF"

I always took the rainbow in the title to symbolize the many emotions, trials and tribulations and struggles black women face as part of every day life. Thus this rainbow becomes so overwhelmingly difficult to deal with that suicide is considered.